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== What you need to know == | == What you need to know == | ||
To search these land records, it helps to know:<br> | To search these land records, it helps to know:<br> | ||
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*when ancestors left the area and where they were moving | *when ancestors left the area and where they were moving | ||
== Types of records found in Ontario land records == | == Types of records found in Ontario land records == | ||
*immigrant lists | *immigrant lists | ||
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Records Index indexes some, but not all of the names from the Ontario Archives Record Group 1, C-I to C-III series. Use the transaction type, record group (RG) number, volume, and page number in the Index to find the film number. Search each alphabetical sequence in these land records even if your ancestor was in the Index. | Records Index indexes some, but not all of the names from the Ontario Archives Record Group 1, C-I to C-III series. Use the transaction type, record group (RG) number, volume, and page number in the Index to find the film number. Search each alphabetical sequence in these land records even if your ancestor was in the Index. | ||
Alphabetical index film number_____________________________ Land record film number___________________________________ | Alphabetical index film number_____________________________ Land record film number___________________________________ | ||
= Step 2. Search land records arranged by description = | == Step 2. Search land records arranged by description == | ||
Find the land description. 1. Locate your ancestor=s name in the records listed in this section. 2. Note the county name, township name, concession number (often written in Roman numerals), and lot number (usually in Arabic numerals) where your ancestor lived: | Find the land description. 1. Locate your ancestor=s name in the records listed in this section. 2. Note the county name, township name, concession number (often written in Roman numerals), and lot number (usually in Arabic numerals) where your ancestor lived: | ||
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After you have searched the records in this guide, there are other land records that may be valuable to search. These records can be found using the Family History Library Catalog Place Search under Ontario, or the name of the county, and the topic Land and Property. | After you have searched the records in this guide, there are other land records that may be valuable to search. These records can be found using the Family History Library Catalog Place Search under Ontario, or the name of the county, and the topic Land and Property. | ||
= Step 3. Search for probate records = | == Step 3. Search for probate records == | ||
When individuals died, their land was usually sold or transferred to an heir or creditor. Usually a person=s last will and testament was copied either into a deed book at a land registry office, or into a probate record at the probate court or surrogate court to make a land transfer official. | When individuals died, their land was usually sold or transferred to an heir or creditor. Usually a person=s last will and testament was copied either into a deed book at a land registry office, or into a probate record at the probate court or surrogate court to make a land transfer official. | ||
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$ Surrogate Court Index of Ontario, Canada, 1859B1900. FHL book 971.3 P22g by June Gibson. 27+ vols. Agincourt, Ont.: Generation Press, 1988B. This index lists name, locality, will number, and year proved. A table in each volume lists the Archives of Ontario microfilm reel numbers that are indexed in that volume. | $ Surrogate Court Index of Ontario, Canada, 1859B1900. FHL book 971.3 P22g by June Gibson. 27+ vols. Agincourt, Ont.: Generation Press, 1988B. This index lists name, locality, will number, and year proved. A table in each volume lists the Archives of Ontario microfilm reel numbers that are indexed in that volume. | ||
= Step 4. Search other record types = | == Step 4. Search other record types == | ||
If you cannot locate land records for your ancestor, you could also search Church Records, Censuses, Directories, Military Records, or Taxation Records. For details about the value, use, and availability of these and other record types, see the Ontario Research Outline (31089) and Canada Research Outline (34545). | If you cannot locate land records for your ancestor, you could also search Church Records, Censuses, Directories, Military Records, or Taxation Records. For details about the value, use, and availability of these and other record types, see the Ontario Research Outline (31089) and Canada Research Outline (34545). | ||
= Additional Information = | |||
For a detailed discussion of land records see: $ Genealogy in Ontario: Searching the Records. FHL book 971.3 D27m 1996. By Brenda Dougall Merriman, 3rd ed. Toronto: Ontario Genealogical Society, 1996. Pages 89-114 discuss land records; explain key dates, townships, concessions, lots, the land grant process, the Ontario Archives Land Record Index, abstract index books, the registry system; and include several document facsimiles. | For a detailed discussion of land records see: $ Genealogy in Ontario: Searching the Records. FHL book 971.3 D27m 1996. By Brenda Dougall Merriman, 3rd ed. Toronto: Ontario Genealogical Society, 1996. Pages 89-114 discuss land records; explain key dates, townships, concessions, lots, the land grant process, the Ontario Archives Land Record Index, abstract index books, the registry system; and include several document facsimiles. | ||
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